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San Francisco: printed for Carroll T. Harris, 1961 First edition. One of 200 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Quarto. 36pp. Printed in red and black. Handset type on English handmade paper. Blue and green decorated boards, natural linen back, paper spine label. Front endpapers with slight offsetting and just a bit of spotting, else a very fine copy. Short historical/biographical sketches of various Bay Area private presses and private press people, with their printing devices printed in red. Includes The Allen Press, The Nova Press, The Archetype Press, Mallette Dean, The Peregrine Press, Herbert and Peter Fahey, Helen Gentry, The Grabhorn Press, The Colt and Jumbo Presses, Johnck and Seeger, The Windsor Press, and many others. David Magee has selected a few representative titles for each press discussed. [Grabhorn: 622]..
Fine Printing and Bookbinding from San Francisco and its Environs, a Representative Exhibition for The Grolier Club by Magee, David (Curator, Editor) - 1961
by Magee, David (Curator, Editor)
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Fine Printing and Bookbinding from San Francisco and its Environs, a Representative Exhibition for The Grolier Club
by Magee, David (Curator, Editor)
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San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press for Carroll T. Harris, 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. One of 200 copies, quarto size, 36 pp. This volume is the keepsake catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of twentieth century fine press printing and binding from the San Francisco Bay Area, for the members of the Grolier Club on their visit to San Francisco in April of 1961. Many of the best-known printers and binders are included in this catalogue, such as The Allen Press, Mallette Dean, The Peregrine Press, The Grabhorn Press, The Colt Press & Jumbo Press, Lawton Kennedy, The Quercus Press, John Henry Nash, and many others. For each press a small biographical sketch and a selection of its works is presented.
___DESCRIPTION: Quarter beige cloth with blue and green patterned paper boards, white paper spine label with red lettering, fore- and bottom edges uncut, title page in red and black, each entry with the device of the press (if known) in red; handset Goudy type, English handmade paper, quarto size (12" by 8.5"), pagination: [1-4], 5-35 [36]. In a plain cream paper dust wrapper.
___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean, the corners straight and unrubbed, the binding tight with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings; some slight age-toning to the endpapers, and very minor foxing to some of the interior pages, else fine. The dust wrapper is near fine, clean overall with some minor soiling, minor edge wear with a small (one-eighth-inch) chip to the top of the rear flap's crease.
___CITATION: Grabhorn Bibliography, no. 622.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please contact seller for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
___DESCRIPTION: Quarter beige cloth with blue and green patterned paper boards, white paper spine label with red lettering, fore- and bottom edges uncut, title page in red and black, each entry with the device of the press (if known) in red; handset Goudy type, English handmade paper, quarto size (12" by 8.5"), pagination: [1-4], 5-35 [36]. In a plain cream paper dust wrapper.
___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean, the corners straight and unrubbed, the binding tight with solid hinges, the interior clean and bright, and free of prior owner markings; some slight age-toning to the endpapers, and very minor foxing to some of the interior pages, else fine. The dust wrapper is near fine, clean overall with some minor soiling, minor edge wear with a small (one-eighth-inch) chip to the top of the rear flap's crease.
___CITATION: Grabhorn Bibliography, no. 622.
___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply, please contact seller for details.
___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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- Book Condition Used - Fine
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- Edition Limited Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Printed at The Grabhorn Press for Carroll T. Harris
- Place of Publication San Francisco
- Date Published 1961
- Keywords Fine Press, San Francisco Printing and Bookbinding, Grolier, Grabhorn Press, Mallette Dean, Peregrine, Colt Press, Lawton Kennedy, Quercus, John Henry Nash, Allen Press, Nova Press, Archetype Press, Berkeley Albion Press, Quenian Press, Equinox Press
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Fine Printing and Bookbinding from San Francisco and Its Environs. A Representative Exhibition for the Grolier Club...
by Magee, David [Compiler]
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